Arrive Germany: sourced first-steps guides for German university cities
Big-city guides are everywhere. If you're moving to a mid-sized university city, the useful details are scattered across German-language city portals. We read those official pages and turn them into one practical page per city:
- Anmeldung: where to go, how appointments really work, whether online registration applies to you, and which documents you need
- Foreigners office: who's responsible, how to get an appointment, and what the office publishes in English
- English-speaking doctors: how to use the official search filters
- Students: pointers on the blocked account
- A first-30-days checklist
Every fact links to the official source with a "last checked" date. If we couldn't verify something, we say so and tell you to check with the office.
City guides
- AachenNorth Rhine-Westphalia · Same-day slots ~7:45; the regional foreigners office is in the same buildingLast checked 2026-10-21
- BielefeldNorth Rhine-Westphalia · Online Anmeldung possible with an eAT; foreigners office slots open at 20:00Last checked 2026-10-21
- DarmstadtHesse · Walk-in Wed & Fri from 7:00, English flyer, English-speaking foreigners officeLast checked 2026-10-21
- ErlangenBavaria · Walk-in Anmeldung at City Hall, foreigners office upstairsLast checked 2026-10-21
- GöttingenLower Saxony · Appointment-only Anmeldung, early-morning same-day slotsLast checked 2026-10-21